Search for dissertations about: "HUMANITIES"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 3359 swedish dissertations containing the word HUMANITIES.

  2. 16. Designing Tools for Joint Inquiry : Making and thinking together

    Author : Laura Gottlieb; Yvonne Eriksson; Jennie Schaeffer; Anna-Lena Carlsson; Åsa Wikberg-Nilsson; Mälardalens högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

    Abstract : Positioned within the research program and subject area of Innovation and Design, this research focuses on the relationship between tools and joint inquiry. Joint inquiry – the collaborative exploration and definition of problems and possible solutions – plays an important part in Participatory Design processes. READ MORE

  4. 17. Understanding the Roles of Stakeholders in the Water and Sanitation Sector- Implementation and Operation of Water Supply and Sanitation Systems in the Kanata metropolitan region, Bolivia

    Author : Ida Helgegren; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Community management; SDG 6; Transition; Wastewater; Urban areas; Adoption; Universal access; Service providers; Socio-technical regimes; Households;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand how distinct population segments access safe water and sanitation services, including the role of CBOs and individual households. A qualitative case study approach of the water and sanitation sector of the Kanata metropolitan region, Bolivia was selected. READ MORE

  5. 18. Material perception and action : The role of material properties in object handling

    Author : Kristin Ingvarsdottir; Kognitiv modellering; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; material perception; visual properties; motor planning; cognition; humanoid robot;

    Abstract : This dissertation is about visual perception of material properties and their role in preparation for object handling. Usually before an object is touched or picked-up we estimate its size and shape based on visual features to plan the grip size of our hand. READ MORE

  6. 19. Composing over time, temporal patterns : in Textile Design

    Author : Barbara Jansen; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; temporal patterns; textile design; Textiles and fashion; Textiles and Fashion Design ; Textil och mode konstnärlig ;

    Abstract : The work presented in this thesis investigates through practice a new field of textile design exploring the visual effects of moving light as a continuous time-based medium. Thereby, the textile design pattern reveals its composition, not in one moment of time any more, but in fact over time. READ MORE

  7. 20. Composing over time, temporal patterns : in Textile Design

    Author : Barbara Jansen; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; temporal patterns; textile design; Textiles and Fashion General ; Textil och mode generell ;

    Abstract : The work presented in this thesis is a first attempt investigating a new field, exploring the visual effects of movement using light as a continuous time-based medium. Composing over time, temporal patterns - in Textile Design is a practice based research project that investigates the following research question: What does it mean, if time and change – constant movement – becomes part of the textile design expression? The research question has been investigated in a number of experiments that explore the visual effects of movement using light integrated into textile structures as a medium. READ MORE